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doowopgirl
August 17th, 2009, 05:51 AM
Has anyone read Thinner? It is such a creepy little story. What SK excells in. A normal man put in a very extraordinary situation. And the extraordinary lengths he has to go to, to put it right. It also says a lot about racism on both sides of the fence. And how people on both sides of the fence don't necessarily do themselves any favours in changing others view of them. Agree, disagree?
Cowboy
August 17th, 2009, 11:23 AM
I read it and loved it. One of my favorite stories.
Bluey Lunger
August 17th, 2009, 05:03 PM
yeah, great story. i like how that wop went to bat for him. :D great interaction there between the two of them. roadwork has some similar interaction between like-minded characters. must be hard to write a foreign dialogue. norwegian i think, i thought i read, all that beebopaloobop. was reading mccammon's volume 2 speaks the nightbird and there's this injun in there speaking french and his native tongue, se usa, no idea if it's "correct" or not. but yeah, i asked a "native american" the other week, hey dude, i was born in the usa, does that make me a native? he didn't answer. i guess i'll find a home eventually. hehehehehehe.
michal
August 18th, 2009, 06:13 AM
Personally I didn't think that it was about racism. I thought it was a good old-fashion tale about a curse and the power it has over people. But hey, that's just me.
JohnDalglish
August 18th, 2009, 07:40 AM
I read it and loved it. One of my favorite stories.

Hi,

Yes, AWCS (And What Cowboy Said).

Great story, love the ending, and I even enjoyed the movie.

Long days and pleasant nights
Mr. Palmer
August 25th, 2009, 05:20 PM
I still need to see the movie. Is it one of the better adaptations?
dav
August 26th, 2009, 05:49 PM
I must have missed something somewhere:umm: I don't remember anything racist about Thinner.....
Matthew.Degnan
September 8th, 2009, 11:35 AM
I thought it was a good little novel, filled a couple of afternoons anyway :D
Drawn to Ka-tet
September 11th, 2009, 01:48 PM
I must have missed something somewhere:umm: I don't remember anything racist about Thinner.....

Some will say it is racist because of the use of the word 'gypsy'.
I thought it was about revenge and loyalty.

And about pie....

Long days and pleasant nights.